📏 Form Guide

FC U Craiova

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FC U Craiova head into this fixture following a 0-0 Liga 1 Play Offs tied result versus Voluntari.

FC U Craiova have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 versus opponents over the course of their last 6 fixtures. In those meetings, FC U Craiova have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them come to 8.

Universitatea Cluj

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Universitatea Cluj will go into this game following on from a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs win with the downing of CSM Politehnica Iași in their most recent match.

In that match, Universitatea Cluj managed 51% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Politehnica Iași had 8 shots on goal with 0 on target.

A run of hard-working displays from the Universitatea Cluj defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their past 6 outings in total. In that time, their own forwards have managed to score 5. Having said that, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend will persist in this next game.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/04/2011 tells us that FC U Craiova have won 2 of these & Universitatea Cluj 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in total at an average of 4 goals per meeting.

The previous league contest between the two was Liga I match day 18 on 03/12/2023 when it finished Universitatea Cluj 2-1 FC U Craiova.

In that match, Universitatea Cluj managed 39% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer was Ianis Stoica (19').

For their opponents, FC U Craiova had 4 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Yassine Bahassa (38') was the scorer.

📰 Team News: FC U Craiova

The FC U Craiova manager Giovanni Constantino will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game owing to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.

It’s our opinion that Studenții will possibly use a 4-2-3-1 formation, beginning the first half with Ion-Cristian Gurau, Radu Negru, Rokas Lekiatas, Leo Lacroix, Andrea Padula, Vlad Achim, Constantin Albu, William Baeten, Vlad Pop, Juan Bauza and Vladislav Blanuta.

📰 Team News: Universitatea Cluj

Due to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Universitatea Cluj boss Ioan Sabău doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this match.

We are inclined to think that șepcile roșii will likely elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, starting the game with Edvinas Gertmonas, Dorinel Oancea, Thalisson, Lucas Masoero, Alexandru Chipciu, Robert Mihai Silaghi, Gabriel Simion, Ovidiu Bic, Roger, Ante Roguljic and Daniel Popa.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Universitatea Cluj and FC U Craiova could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:01 27/04/2024